Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. China accounts for about 12% of global trade. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains.

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3rdwave

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dating back to EDI and XML, and now through solutions that employ the Internet of Things, GPS, API’s and Artificial Intelligence, there’s no limit to what people can build in their quest to facilitate global trade. With the above said, I’ve observed a “Visibility Paradox” regarding ocean container tracking that I believe requires a call-out.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2017

Freight Booking Is (Slowly) Going Online. For years, online freight was limited to US domestic trucking. International freight quoting is moving online too, with major progress by enterprise providers, like Kuehne + Nagel , and startups (like the Freightos Marketplace ). For decades, freight was about bigger ships.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 22, 2017

Robust tracking systems on the rails. Railroad tracks across the country are equipped with high tech scanners. A single shipment traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles may receive as many as eight tracking updates per day while on the rails. That level of visibility isn’t always possible on a ship or a trailer.

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